Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says team should have manager by Thanksgiving

Andrew Burton/GettySandy Alderson will run second-round interviews here in Orlando this week.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The original managerial deadline is now back in sight, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said today.

“I would say it’s very possible that we have a manager announced by Thanksgiving,” Alderson said during the general managers’ meetings yesterday.

After meeting with St. Louis third-base coach Jose Oquendo last night, the club has concluded its first round of interviews, and plans to conduct the second round here during the week-long stretch of meetings. Alderson did not announce the finalists yet, because they were still being contacted by the Mets.

The finalists should be announced before the evening is over, Alderson said. Expect Terry Collins, Bob Melvin, Chip Hale and perhaps one other to be in the mix.